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This is ESP-abstract formatted data. The parallel between the behavior of the
chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first
pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had
referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward
considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the
chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt
at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with
McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner.
Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there
is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but
absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further
step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the
fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already
found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked
wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point.
By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings
(the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2,
white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

Hello —this is ESP-pop-cap formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

This is RJR-standard formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

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This is RJR-standard formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

This is ESP-quote formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

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This is RJR-standard formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

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This is RJR-standard formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

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This is RJR-standard formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

Figure x. This is ESP figure-caption formatted text. Reginald Punnett and William Bateson, relaxing on the bench.

This is RJR-standard formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

Hello —this is ESP-pop-cap formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

This is RJR-standard formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

William Bateson (right) in his garden in Merton, England, with Wilhelm Johannsen, 1924.

This is RJR-standard formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

This is RJR-standard formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

Nettie Stevens

This is RJR-standard formatted text. The parallel between the behavior of the chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner. Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already found in the same species by Stevens (1908). Later, on the appearance of a sex-linked wing mutation in Drosophila, Morgan (1910a, 1911) was able to make clear a new point. By crossing white-eyed, long-winged flies to those with red eyes and rudimentary wings (the new sex-linked character) he obtained, in F2, white-eyed, rudimentary-winged flies.

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Joseph Huddart (1777)

An Account of Persons Who Could Not Distinguish Colours. By Mr. Joseph Huddart,
in a Letter to the Rev. Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F. R. S.

ABSTRACT: This is ESP-citation-abstract formatted data. The parallel between the behavior of the
chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first
pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had
referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward
considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the
chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt
at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with
McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner.
Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there
is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but
absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further
step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the
fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already
found in the same species by Stevens (1908).

BLURB: This is ESP-citation-blurb formatted data. The parallel between the behavior of the
chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first
pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had
referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward
considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the
chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt
at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with
McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner.
Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there
is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but
absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further
step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the
fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already
found in the same species by Stevens (1908).

J. Scott and Michael Lort (1778)

An Account of a Remarkable Imperfection of Sight. In a Letter
from J. Scott to the Rev. Mr. Whisson, of Trinity College, Cambridge. Communicated by the Rev.
Michael Lort, B. D. F. R. S.

ABSTRACT: This is ESP-citation-abstract formatted data. The parallel between the behavior of the
chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first
pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had
referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward
considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the
chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt
at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with
McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner.
Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there
is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but
absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further
step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the
fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already
found in the same species by Stevens (1908).

BLURB: This is ESP-citation-blurb formatted data. The parallel between the behavior of the
chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first
pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had
referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward
considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the
chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt
at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with
McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner.
Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there
is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but
absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further
step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the
fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already
found in the same species by Stevens (1908).

J. Scott and Michael Lort (1778)

An Account of a Remarkable Imperfection of Sight. In a Letter
from J. Scott to the Rev. Mr. Whisson, of Trinity College, Cambridge. Communicated by the Rev.
Michael Lort, B. D. F. R. S.

ABSTRACT: This is ESP-citation-abstract formatted data. The parallel between the behavior of the
chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first
pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had
referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward
considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the
chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt
at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with
McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner.
Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there
is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but
absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further
step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the
fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already
found in the same species by Stevens (1908).

BLURB: This is ESP-citation-blurb formatted data. The parallel between the behavior of the
chromosomes in reduction and that of Mendelian factors in segregation was first
pointed out by Sutton (1902) though earlier in the same year Boveri (1902) had
referred to a possible connection. In this paper and others Boveri brought forward
considerable evidence from the field of experimental embryology indicating that the
chromosomes play an important role in development and inheritance. The first attempt
at connecting any given somatic character with a definite chromosome came with
McClung's (1902) suggestion that the accessory chromosome is a sex-determiner.
Stevens (1905) and Wilson (1905) verified this by showing that in numerous forms there
is a sex chromosome, present in all the eggs and in the female-producing sperm, but
absent, or represented by a smaller homologue, in the male-producing sperm. A further
step was made when Morgan (1910) showed that the factor for color in the eyes of the
fly Drosophila ampelophila follows the distribution of the sex chromosome already
found in the same species by Stevens (1908).

ESP Quick Facts

ESP Origins

In the early 1990's,
Robert Robbins
was a faculty member at Johns
Hopkins, where he directed the informatics core of GDB
— the human gene-mapping database of the international human
genome project. To share papers with colleagues around the world, he
set up a small paper-sharing section on his personal web page. This
small project evolved into The Electronic Scholarly
Publishing Project.

ESP Support

In 1995, Robbins became the VP/IT of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center in Seattle, WA. Soon after arriving in Seattle, Robbins secured
funding, through the ELSI component of the US Human Genome Project, to
create the original ESP.ORG web site, with the formal goal of
providing free, world-wide access to the literature of classical genetics.

ESP Rationale

Although the methods of molecular biology can seem almost
magical to the uninitiated, the original
techniques of classical genetics are readily appreciated by one and
all: cross individuals that differ in some inherited trait, collect
all of the progeny, score their attributes, and propose mechanisms
to explain the patterns of inheritance observed.

ESP Goal

In reading the early works of classical genetics, one is drawn, almost
inexorably, into ever more complex models, until molecular explanations
begin to seem both necessary and natural. At that point, the tools
for understanding genome research are at hand. Assisting readers reach
this point was the original goal of The Electronic Scholarly Publishing
Project.

ESP Usage

Usage of the site grew rapidly and has remained high. Faculty began
to use the site for their assigned readings. Other on-line
publishers, ranging from The New York Times to Nature
referenced ESP materials in their own publications. Nobel laureates
(e.g., Joshua Lederberg) regularly used the
site and even wrote to suggest changes and improvements.

ESP Content

When the site began, no journals
were making their early content available in
digital format. As a result, ESP was obliged to digitize classic
literature before it could be made available. For many important
papers — such as
Mendel's original paper
or the
first genetic map
— ESP had to produce entirely new typeset versions of the works,
if they were to be available in a high-quality format.

ESP Help

Early support from the DOE component of the Human Genome Project was
critically important for getting the ESP project on a firm foundation.
Since that funding ended (nearly 20 years ago), the project has been
operated as a purely volunteer effort.
Anyone wishing to assist in these efforts should send an
email to Robbins.

In the small "Fly Room" at Columbia University, T.H. Morgan
and his students, A.H. Sturtevant, C.B. Bridges, and H.J.
Muller, carried out the work that laid the foundations of
modern, chromosomal genetics. The excitement of those times,
when the whole field of genetics was being created, is
captured in this book, written in 1965 by one of those present
at the beginning.
R. Robbins

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